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Next Step Recovery Ministries, located on Houston Avenue in Macon, provides Christ-centered residential recovery and discipleship for men as well as group meetings and individual counseling. (Gloria Ruth Finney, WGXA)<\/p>\n
\u201cThe gas station that’s behind us. You can’t see last year that was a drug-infested, selling drugs, doing drugs at the same time kids were at the bus stop there,\u201d Robinson said. \u201cWe realized that we have a much greater mission than just the men; we have a mission down here for this neighborhood.\u201d<\/p>\n
When asked about addiction in the criminal justice system, Robinson said he does not have an exact number for the broader community, but sees addiction as a common underlying issue among people who are incarcerated.<\/p>\n
\u201cI can tell you that the population that we deal with, the jail population, almost all of the issues that men or women are in jail, they might be there for armed robbery, or they might be there for stealing or something. But the core root of why they’re there is usually addiction,\u201d he said. \u201cSo, it’s almost 100% in the system there.\u201d<\/p>\n
Robinson said measuring long-term success can be difficult, but he pointed to early retention and post-graduation outcomes as indicators.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat I like to say is if a guy here, if he’ll make it through the first 30 days of the program, 90% of the time he’s going to stick around and graduate,\u201d Robinson said. He later added, \u201cI would say that 50% of our guys that, once they graduate, are still doing good. They’re staying out of jail. They’re staying clean. They’re serving in their community. They have a job.\u201d<\/p>\n
Robinson said his commitment to the work grew out of personal experience. \u201cI had a sister who was caught up in addiction,\u201d he said, describing how his family helped her enter a program about 20 years ago. \u201cThrough that whole process, the calling just came on my life.\u201d<\/p>\n
To support the organization\u2019s work, Robinson said he is launching a fundraiser called \u201cRaise the Roof,\u201d with a goal of $1 million. He said he plans to climb onto a roof on Houston Avenue on Monday, the 28th of September, and live there for a period of time to draw attention to the need in the area.<\/p>\n
\u201cI’ve had so many people ask me, are you really going to live on that roof? And I said, yes. I’m really going to live on the roof on Houston Avenue,\u201d Robinson said.<\/p>\n
He said he will have a small shelter and a cooler for food and will come down to use a porta potty. \u201cThat porta potty is just not going to go up on that roof. That’s just reality,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Robinson said donations<\/a> can be made through the event website. \u201cIt’s called www.raisederoof.live. And there is a donate button on there,\u201d he said.<\/p>\nRobinson also described some of the program\u2019s day-to-day operations. He said Thursdays often include selling firewood and boiled peanuts to support the program, along with job work that brings in income. He said participants go into class at 1 p.m., and Thursdays include mentorship from men in the community and a finance class on Thursday night.<\/p>\n
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